My Riffs

We all have a test coming. Tests happen when you’re high and when you’re low. In both places your character is revealed. The other place it’s really tested is when nobody sees you. What do you do that’s not seen?  These things are tests and reveal who you really are. 

You really stop growing when you feel you know it all.  So really, to keep growing, you need to be humble. Ego will stop true growth. To keep growing, you have to stay curious. You need to be humble enough to ask questions that show you don’t know it all. You need to be willing to change you mind on things. That requires humility to say I don’t know it all and I’m willing to keep learning. 

You won’t end up somewhere good by accident.  The only way to end up in a good place is by being intentional. 

You're contagious. What you have will be caught by those around you. Will that make other people better or worse?

Our snap judgments assume so much. We assume we know what somebody was thinking. We assume we know what somebody was intending to  What if we don’t really know and we need to be slow to assume and judge? We don’t need snap decisions on every person, action and event. Slow down, wait. Try to not assume what’s not known. 

Listen twice, think thrice, speak once.